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Monks, The - 12-Oct-09 08:07 AM
I just wanted to add to the recent review that the whole monk image was created by the two german artists/designers Walther Niemann and Karl-H. Remy, who also became the managers of The Monks. If you want to know more about the exceptional story of The Monks, watch the excellent documentary "Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback" which features a lot of interviews with all original members of the band and original footage from the 60ies.

D Ball - Slack - 14-Sep-09 04:26 AM
Just wanted to add some words, as i bought the record without knowing it, because of the KDJ/Sound Signature comparison. Nice record, but has nothing to do with the sound of KDJ or Sound Signature, imho, as someone wrote in the label profile. The sound is much more deep-techno orientated, completely instrumental (in the sense that there arent any vocals or vocal samples), ranging from laidback & funky on "Slack" to a more spacey vibe on "Sorry" and even a bit IDMish and dark feel on "Eyup".

Meat Beat Manifesto - 21-Apr-09 07:01 AM
Even if i dont know all of his works by far, ive been listening to Mr. Dangers every now and then for more than 15 years now. And I still like his music, even if my personal taste changed a lot since then. In my humble opinion, that is what few artists achieve, to consistently deliver high quality output throughout such a long time without getting boring and repeating yourself too much. Even the older stuff doesnt sound dated to me, i can still listen to "99%" (released in 1990!!) and its still great.
Mr. Dangers has a few trademarks: his excessive, but clever & skillful use of samples, his beats are always groovy like hell and so are the basslines and that is already the essence of his tracks, which are just perfectly built from these parts.
i cant really estimate how popular he is, but it seems to me that hes quite underrated. The last live performance from MBM I witnessed here in Berlin a few years ago had a crowd of maybe 50 people, if at all, and it was the only show in Germany!! Nonetheless they (Jack Dangers + ??) did a great performance containing perfectly synchronized video parts accompanying the music.
Maybe the dilemma of MBM is that it never totally fit in one genre, ranging somewhere between their EBM roots, strong breakbeat & dub influences, even hip-hop orientated stuff, I have the feeling that they never reached the larger audience they deserved, at least here in Europe. Thats just my personal view, altogether it cant be that bad if Mr. Dangers is still putting out his great "sampladelic funk" & developing his style after almost 25 years, besides being a highly respected producer & remixer for a lot of acts and projects.

Dewayne Davis - It Shows - 07-Feb-08 03:34 AM
A hint for all you folks, searching for this 12" because of the Theo Parrish remix (as i did for a long time). As i got it now, i had to discover to my surprise, that the Theo mix is exactly the same track as "Late Night Show", the last track on the Norma Jean Bell album "Come Into My Room".
If youre really into the deep detroit house stuff, the rest of this 12" is rather unnecessary in my humble opinion, standard vocal deep house, not bad, but also nothing special.

D.Uni:Son - Orange - 01-Nov-07 05:05 PM
Absolutely beautiful release, the beatless "Even" consists of metallic drones with a melancholic feel billowing back and forth with lots of reverb and delay, in comes Paul St. Hilaire with his warm timbre singing repeatedly lines like: "even in the darkest nights, even in the stormiest days, Jah will show you the way". The Murcof remix, as you might expect, is more stripped down to a few dark piano and string chords & notes, with a minimalistic looped bassline underneath, giving more space for Paul St. Hilaires sung messages. The Someone (aka Damián Schwartz) rework starts with a straight gated bassdrum almost going through the whole track and is built around the metallic drones of the original "Even" and a small vocal snippet giving the track a more groove-orientated feel without losing its capaciousness. "Orange" at least is pure amazing drone beauty. Moving !!